Sightings - Monday 12th September 2011

Sooty Shearwater - 1 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Durlston, 1 Portland
Manx Shearwater - 50 at Portland Bill, 38 Durlston 33, St.Aldhelm's Head
Balearic Shearwater - 25 past St Aldhelm's Head, 12 past Portland Bill, 4 past Durlston, 2 past Chesil Cove, 1 Mudeford Quay
Spoonbill - 2 at Brownsea Island

Osprey - 1 over Brownsea Island
Hobby - 3 Bryanston Weir
Merlin - 1 Portland Bill
Knot - 1 Christchurch Harbour
Little Stint - 1 at Ferrybridge
Curlew Sandpiper - 2 Christchurch Harbour, 2  St Aldhelm's Head
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 1 on the lagoon, Brownsea Island
Grey Phalarope - 8 at Chesil Cove, 2 Ferrybridge, 1 Durlston Bay, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Arctic Skua - 11 off beach hut, Hengistbury, 5 past Branksome Chine, 2 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Durlston, 1 Portland
Great Skua - 3 Portland Bill, 1 Chesil Cove
Sabine's Gull - 1 juvenile off Beach Huts/Avon Beach, Christchurch
Little Gull - 2 juveniles at Swineham, 1 juvenile Mudeford Quay/Avon Beach, 1 Portland Bill
Black Tern - 1 Swineham
Arctic Tern - 17 Christchurch Harbour, 11 Durlston, 2 at Chesil Cove, 2 Swineham, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 juvenile Branksome Chine
Swift - 1 Swineham
Whinchat - 2 at Durlston
Pied Flycatcher - 1 long-staying bird at Portland Obs
Lapland Bunting - 1 still along the beach road between Abbotsbury and West Bexington, near the pillbox on the beach

Juvenile Sabine's Gull at Avon Beach, Christchurch © Chris Chapleo

Juvenile Little Gull at Avon Beach, Christchurch © Chris Chapleo